Opinion on floor plan of shifted shed roof single-family house - Attempt 2

Hello everyone,

please provide constructive criticism of our floor plan. The construction method is prescribed (southern half ground floor + upper floor and northern half only ground floor). We are already quite satisfied with the room layout, but I am still not sure if the windows on the upper floor are that good. And yes, the bedroom is large enough for us, everything fits in

Ground floor: Due to the canopy, the entrance area does not get really bright, the cloakroom is also very dark and always reliant on artificial light. The ground floor lacks furnishings, making evaluation difficult, but the kitchen is also anything but flooded with light. Living would be good as a purely enclosed room (if desired), but as a pass-through room, it is rather uncomfortable again. Upper floor: Works, you should plan the children's rooms together with the windows and lines of sight, only lighting in the corners can suffice but is impractical. Views: I do not understand why the regional reference (Amberg) is made extremely difficult by means of the development plan. Precisely here, the planner should then take more responsibility on their own. WD

Here I have remodeled it again in SH3D and placed the possible furniture:

Ground floor


Upper floor

Upper floor: It works, you should plan the children's rooms together with the windows and sightlines, only lighting in the corners may be sufficient but impractical.

Sorry, I don’t understand, what do you mean by "children’s rooms" and what about sightlines?

Views: Why one makes the regional connection (Amberg) extremely difficult by means of the development plan, I do not understand. Especially here the planner should show more responsibility on their own.
WD

Sorry, but I also don’t quite understand that ops: What do you mean by that? Do you mean our planner or the ones who wrote the development plan? Basically, we would also prefer to build a completely normal shed roof house. And how do you know that this is in Amberg, because that is really

I don’t find the floor plan that bad at all, but I would reconsider and possibly change a few small things. I think the two halves of the house have too large a difference. They don’t seem to fit together. This could be changed by having a lower knee wall in the two-story part or a higher one in the one-story part. To convey that while the number of floors is maintained, both parts come closer together. Or alternatively change the roof pitch if the development plan allows it. The windows could also be improved to bring some tension into the facade. I don’t like the “corner arrangement.” From the window in the living room, you will only see the neighboring building, but there will probably still be light coming in at night. That is why I would equip this, like the office and other rooms, with ribbon windows (provided you like them). Advantages: light, yet no views inside and no unsightly views (e.g. also north and east). Or a double door on the west instead of the corner window. Kitchen: plan a terrace door (where the stove is now) for a short way to the terrace. Especially at the sloping roof, you can bring tension with windows without symmetry. Also in the cloakroom, if the cupboard is to stand as planned, I would like a fixed floor-to-ceiling window. However, I would place the cupboard on the south wall and swap the window next to the door, i.e., arrange it in the cloakroom. Interior doors: leave 65 cm of space to the right of the office door so that there is enough space for the TV. I like the seating area (as I already said, without this double window). Behind the kitchen door, I would plan kitchen cabinets. For this, the kitchen entrance would have to be moved. Communicate the bathroom door and shower so that there is still storage space for a cupboard or chest of drawers in the small hallway. Where will your outdoor trash area be? The covered corner of the house is suitable here, but I would avoid it because of the entrance, which should be inviting. Will a car be parked under the roof? I hope not, because the entrance area can be designed really nicely as an inner courtyard. I would design the roof of the one-story part to be open, then the living area has a small stylish air space. The other rooms also benefit from the spaciousness. Possibly a roof window could be planned in the bathroom, so no one can look inside and you have more storage options. Your bathroom will also be for guests, so I would plan the toilet and washbasin in the front area so that guests don’t have to walk through the whole bathroom. Those were just some quick ideas from me. Regards, Yvonne I would feel really comfortable there. Edit says: the corner variations do not provide the amount of light in the room as if you arrange windows parallel or further away from the corner. They only result in the width of the diagonal of light quantity given by the isosceles triangle (of the two windows).

Sorry I don’t understand, what do you mean by "Kinderzimmers" and what by sightlines?

Kinderzimmer = children’s room
Sightline: cardinal directions, sun path, development plan, etc. are known, a desk is a must, then for example plan desk and window so that no darkening of the window is required during the main usage time, the desired view outside onto whatever is achieved, but the room is not disturbingly visible from outside. This applies to every room.
This is conspicuously failed at the kitchen counter. Whoever sits there looks inside, the window door to the outside is placed so that one can hardly look out, the kitchen window offers only a narrow visible area outside. That is only okay for the connection to the person working in the kitchen, but it can be done much better.

Do you mean our planner or those who wrote the development plan? Basically, we would also prefer to build a completely normal shed roof house. And how do you know this is in Amberg, that is really

By that I mean all involved. Your city survived WWII well and correspondingly has many intact older houses, especially after the war then, as in many places, urban and architectural planning really messed up badly, and that is still not over. Therefore the planner has the difficult and for the client possibly (but not necessarily) costly task and responsibility to deliver a coherent, adapted and dignified planning that corrects the weaknesses of the development plan.
And unfortunately, I cannot recognize that.

WD

Thanks already for the tips and hints. I will write something about it tomorrow, as I have more time then.